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20 candidates vie for votes at transportation forum
(Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland)
Governor Brown’s executive order on climate change could have impacts on transportation
(Photo from Oregon Legislative Information System livestream.)
Fed up with repeated walk-outs by Republican lawmakers over their objections to climate change legislation, today Oregon Governor Kate Brown took the matter into her own hands. Brown signed Executive Order 20-04 (PDF below) at her desk in Salem this morning surrounded by young students from around the state.
At the signing, Brown said, “I think this Executive Order is extremely bold and aggressive.” The order itself justifies the action by stating, “Given the urgency and severity of the risks from climate change and ocean acidification and the failure of the Legislature to address these immediate harms, the executive branch has a responsibility to the electorate, and a scientific, economic, and moral imperative to reduce GHG emissions and to reduce the worst risks of climate change and ocean acidification for future generations, to the greatest extent possible with an existing laws.”
The order specifically calls out 19 state agencies and governor-appointed commissions. Among them are the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC).
84 volunteers built a half-mile of new MTB trail at Rocky Point on Saturday
(All photos © Derrin Battles)
Becky Jo’s Carfree Life: Going intermodal
(Photos: Becky Jo)
About 20 years ago I worked for Greenbrier, the corporate headquarters for Gunderson Rail and Marine on NW Front Ave here in Portland. I learned about — and loved — the concept of intermodal transportation. A steel box container can go from ocean barge to rail to truck, creating the most efficient mode of global transportation. Instead of specialized modes, intermodal always seemed more efficient to me.
So it just made sense that eventually I’d get to the point of traveling with my bike on public transit, thus making myself intermodal.
Weekend Event Guide: Trail day at Rocky Point, Hawthorne workshop, Womxn’s Ride, and more
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Jobs of the Week: NW Trail Alliance, Community Cycling Center, ReRack
The NW Trail Alliance is at an exciting juncture as they seek their first full-time paid staff person. It could be you!
Learn more about that opportunity and all this week’s listings via the links below…
– Operations Coordinator – Northwest Trail Alliance
– Mechanic – Community Cycling Center
– Installation Technicians / Sales Specialist – ReRack
Job: Bike Camp Instructor – Community Cycling Center (FILLED)
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After pushback, PBOT will make changes to NW in Motion projects
When a seven-page memo detailing changes to the Northwest in Motion plan was released late last month by the Portland Bureau of Transportation, many advocates were animated in their disapproval.
“All the ways in which Northwest in Motion is being watered down is so incredibly depressing,” NextPortland blogger and transportation reform activist Iain MacKenzie shared on Twitter.
NWIM is the city’s plan to dramatically increase biking, walking and transit use in the Northwest District. When we shared the draft plan back in November it came with an expectation that the projects would double bike use. In the past two years of planning, PBOT has identified a list of projects that are truly unprecedented for this part of town. From five new neighborhood greenways and a district-wide 20 mph speed limit zone, to carfree streets and 12 new diverters that are estimated to take 12,000 cars off the road every day.